Program Agencies

Aging and Independent Living - Provides services to help older Kentuckians and their families through a statewide network of local, private and public agencies.

Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs - Plans, develops, provides and evaluates the public system of care for children with special health care needs. Serves children with physical disabilities from birth to age 21 through on-site and off-site clinics, therapies and related services.

Office of Health Policy - The Office of Health Policy was created to ensure that health planning and policy research and development occurs in a coordinated, timely, efficient and cost-effective manner.

Income Support - Consists of Disability Determinations Services and Child Support Enforcement.

Public Health - Develops and operates all public health programs and activities for the citizens of Kentucky including health service programs for the prevention, detection, care and treatment of physical disabilities, illness and disease. Find information fast about DPH programs at Find it Fast.

Office of Inspector General - Regulates health care and child care facilities statewide and also performs audits and investigations related to abuse of CHFS related programs.

Office of Legal Services - Provides legal advice and assistance to all units of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Office of Ombudsman - Serves as an information and communication resource, an advisor and dispute resolution office.

Office of Policy and Budget - Supports the Office of the Secretary and coordinates with various Cabinet agencies in areas involving budgets, contracts, policies and regulations.

Divisions

Administrative Hearings - hears appeals of administrative actions concerning the departments for Medicaid Services, Public Health, Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Inspector General and Administrative Services or as requested by the secretary of the Cabinet. Also hears and and makes decisions regarding certificate of need pplications.

Child Care - Administers the Child Care Assistance Program to help Kentucky low-income families find and afford quality child care. The division also provides information regarding professional development opportunities for day care staff and other child care professionals.

Child Support - The state IV-D agency responsible for administering the child support program, including location services, establishing paternity and child and medical support, enforcing support orders and collecting and distributing support payments.

Family Support - The Division of Family Support administers programs including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly food stamps, Kentucky Temporary Assistance, Simplified Assistance for the Elderlyand Medicaid programs and handles welfare administration claims.

Prevention Violence Resources - Works to raise awareness of the domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault and create ways to enhance criminal justice and human service response to the needs of victims of these crimes.

Protection and Permanency - The Division of Protection and Permanency provides consultative services and technical assistance to Cabinet service regions regarding issues of child and adult protection, guardianship and permanency for children.

Advisory Commissions, Councils and Boards

Institutional Review Board - protects clients and employees of CHFS involved in research as subjects. Research proposals involving CHFS clients or employees as subjects or information or data about CHFS clients or employees must be reviewed and approved by the IRB.

Kentucky e-Health Network Board - Created to help develop a secure statewide electronic network through which patients, physicians and other health care providers can access and transfer medical information.

Telehealth Board – Serves as the governance structure for the statewide legislatively mandated telehealth program. The Kentucky Telehealth Network (KTHN) is the amalgamation of all the independent telehealth networks and telehealth initiatives across the state. The board oversees KTHN, specifically the telehealth services billed to Medicaid. To qualify for Medicaid reimbursement for telehealth encounters, providers and the originating sites where the patients are located both must be approved members of KTHN.